restless earth Flashcards
(28 cards)
what plates are in destructive margins
oceanic and continental or two continental
name the three plate margins
destructive constructive conservative
which margin do they move away from each other
constructive
what’s conservative
when the plates slide past each other at different speeds
from the centre what’s the structure of the earth
inner core outer core mantle crust
where are fold mountains found
destructive margins
what plates are needed for fold mountains
oceanic and continental or two continental
describe fold mountains with three key terms
high rocky seep sided
five ways people use fold mountains
farming tourism mining forestry hydroelectric power
CASE STUDY:ALPS what countries
Austria France Germany Italy Liechtenstein Slovenia Switzerland
how many tourists visit the alps per year
100 million
where are volcanoes found
destructive and constructive
3 volcanoes
shield composite dome
characteristics of shield
low flat volcano runny lava layers of lava
characteristics of composite
steep sided very ashy layers of ash and lave thick lava
characteristics of dome
steep sided thick lava layers of lava
CASE STUDY: for volcano
Montserrat
5 primary effect volcano
capital city was covered in 12m of ash \+20 villages were destroyed schools hospitals airports and port were destroyed farmland destroyed 19 people died 7 injured
5 secondary impacts volcano
after fires destroyed buildings tourists stayed away loosing money for the country population decrease soil fertility improved increase in tourism to see volcano
3 immediate responses volcano
people were evacuated
uk provided £17 million emergency aid
search squads went to rescue people
3 long term responses volcano
parts of the island are shut for safety
uk gave £41 million for building with
equipment to predict future eruptions are in place
where are super volcanoes found
destructive plates
state the characteristic of super volcanoes
flat
cover a large area (much bigger than normal volcanoes)
have a caldera
which plates margins are earthquakes found
all three destructive constructive conservative
